Inkstand



E. S. RAFF.

INKSTAND.

(No Model.)

Patented Jan. 27, 1891.

A T TOR/V5 Y Z J lA/Vi/ViOR UNITED STATES PATET OFFICE.

EDWARD S. RAFF, OF CANTON, OHIO.

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,200, dated January 2'7, 1891." Application filed October 29, 1890. Serial No. 369,680. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. RAFF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Inkstands, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in an article of manufacture; and it consists in providing in an inkstand a fountain or receptacle to hold ink, that may be vibrated about its pivotal connection with the base-that is, held in normal position by a spring that will yield when the pen is placed in the stand which movement of the fountain will cause a supply of ink to flow from the body of the fountain to the pen and back into the fountam when the pen is removed, the spring ra1sing the fountain into normal position, as shown in Figure 1, by which movement a fresh supply of ink is each time brought to the pen and the ink prevented from setfling and is always in order for use.

With these ends in view myinvention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation, partly in section, of an inkstand illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Fig. 3 a perspective, of a fragment, showing the rear lower portion.

A is the base, which may be made of any suitable material, having at its rear side portions upwardly-projected lugs 13, through which is passed a bar C. A fountain or inkholder D, preferably made of glass, is provided, having a hollow body portion a, a neck portion 1), project-ed outwardly and up, about the upper end portion of which is provided a screw-thread c, and on the top portion of the body D is provided a flanged aperture d, to

which is fitted ametal capf. A mouth-piece having a screw-thread 7; similar and adapted to the thread a 011 the neck of the fountain, and a central and downwardly-projected tube portion 02, the aperture of which is small, as shown.

At the rear lower portion of the fountain are provided lugs F, through which the bar 0 is passed, forming a hinged or pivotal connection between the fountain and the base. To support the front portion of the body of the fountain, a spring G is provided, one end of which is secured to the base A, the other or free end resting against the bottom of the fountain. The energy of the spring is to be adjusted to the size of the fountain and to yield to a gentle pressure of the pen and to raise the front end portion of the fountain to a normal position, as shown in Fig. 1.

In operation a sufficient amount of ink is passed through the aperture provided there for info the fountain to immerse or cover the end of the tube n to a point indicated by the dotted line. To ink the pen it is placed in the mouth E, and bya gentle pressure the spring G will yield to allow the fountain to tip and the ink to flow from the fountain to the mouth E, and when the pen is removed the spring will raise the front end of the fountain to its normal position. By keeping the end of the tube it constantly immersed air-bubbles rising above the tube into the mouth will be prevented, and by reason of the swinging movement of the fountain the ink is not liable to settle, as in the case with a stationary fountain.

To prevent too great a movement and an overflow of ink, a stop, as H, is provided, by which the swing or downward movement of the front portion of the fountain may be ar rested. Said stop, as shown, consists of a button-head screw, the threaded portion to be turned into or out of the base A.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, an inkstand having a support consisting of a base A, said base having at one of its ends upwardly-projected lugs B, having at their top portion :1.

cross-bar O, and a fountain D, having lugs B, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set by whlicth said fountainO is pivgtglly secured my hand this 17th day of October, A. D. 1890. to saic ase to swin a out sai ar, a s rin to support the fron t end of said fou tain EDVARD RAFF' and a stop H to arrest the downward move- Vitnesses: mentof the fountain, substantially as de- CHAS. R. MILLER, scribed, and for the purpose set forth. 1 V. K. MILLER. 

